Politics

Britain urgently seeks changes after Livni arrest warrant - 12/16/2009

LONDON - Britain is "urgently" looking at changing the legal system after an arrest warrant was issued in London for former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni, sparking outrage Tuesday from...

Eyes of the world are on you, UN chief tells climate summit - 12/16/2009

COPENHAGEN, Chris Otton - UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders Tuesday at a "defining moment in history" to put aside selfish national interest and answer a global clamour to halt the juggernaut...

Zawahiri says Obama's Mideast policy 'humiliating' - 12/15/2009

DUBAI - Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri slammed US President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, saying it is designed to humiliate Muslims, in an Internet audio message posted on...

Obama raises arms smuggling with Lebanese President - 12/15/2009

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Monday asked Lebanese President Michel Sleiman in White House talks to take action against arms smuggling into Lebanon which he said threatened Israeli...

US pushes for 'additional pressure' on Iran - 12/15/2009

WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael - The administration of President Barack Obama pushed Monday for tougher sanctions on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions after driving home the point that its near...

Israel okays millions of dollars in aid to settlements - 12/14/2009

JERUSALEM, Ron Bousso - Israel approved Sunday listing some Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as zones that entitle the communities to millions of dollars of extra state funding. The...

Iran must curb groups aiding Huthi rebels: Yemeni FM - 12/14/2009

KUWAIT CITY- Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi on Sunday urged Tehran to crack down on Iranian groups he accused of aiding Huthi rebels in northern Yemen and held Iran's government partly to...

Italy's Berlusconi in hospital after attack - 12/14/2009

MILAN - A man with a history of mental health problems attacked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Sunday, knocking out two of his teeth and forcing him to be rushed to hospital. Television...

Taliban can be admired for loyalty, says British army bishop - 12/14/2009

LONDON - The Taliban can be admired for conviction to their faith and sense of loyalty to one another, according to the new bishop of Britain's armed forces, in comments published late Sunday. The...

Israeli PM condemns West Bank mosque attack - 12/12/2009

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday condemned the desecration of a mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank by suspected Jewish settlers. In a statement, he...
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